Scenario Editor, where is it?

Derek · #1 February 19th, 2001, 04:32 AM

A scenario editor would include details like ship designs for both sides, number of ships, size of fleet, planets with locations, locations of warp gates, tech levels, etc.. all so that you could set up an actual scenario or campaign along the lines of Starfire (the board game) or various sci-fi novels, including Dave Weber's books, and other space battle stuff.

Derek

Possum · #2 February 20th, 2001, 05:36 AM

Guys, go back and check the old press releases. A Scenario Editor was *specifically* promised to us.

Possum · #3 February 20th, 2001, 05:45 AM

Here is a direct quote from Aaron's press release of 9/22/00

"Some of you have asked about Map Editors and Scenarios editors. They don't exist yet, but they will. Probably not in time for the full release, but they will be made available soon after the release for free to all owners of SE4."

nmoppa and Pathy, you both sounded like you thought I was imagining things

Not that I'm unhappy with Aaron or Shrapnel, I just thought it was reasonable to ask a polite question, given that, (as you can see from the quote above), we were told it would be along "soon after the release".

pathfinder · #4 February 20th, 2001, 06:10 AM

nope, didn't doubt ya at all possum. Just haven't seen or heard of one around...yet

Possum · #5 February 20th, 2001, 07:42 AM

Heh, "soon" is a term that means different things to different people. To my boss, it means sometime in the next 10 minutes. To a geologist, it means sometime in the next million years

Seawolf · #6 February 20th, 2001, 05:56 PM

Possum,

Editors are way down the list. We need to get game working properly first.

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Seawolf on the prowl

dmm · #7 February 20th, 2001, 10:52 PM

The ONLY thing needed in order for a scenario editor to be released is for MM to release specs on the savegame file. Then someone else could work on it. There seem to be lots of programmers here.

BUT, perhaps the savegame specs would contain a lot of proprietary info. In which case, MM should wait.

ALSO, the savegame specs probably change with every release, so that's another reason to wait.

HOWEVER, a scenario editor would also allow you to modify your existing savegame file, which might be a bLast. You could help the AI by periodically playing God (or at least the Q).